Line protector



Nov.. 9 1926'.

w. DONNELLY LINE PROECTOR Filed June 29 fryi INVENTOR.

mum/v DOIYIYELLX ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

meant WILLIAM DONITELLY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

/ LINE PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 29, 1925.

This invention relates to clothes line protectors and more particularlyto a novel and improved means for covering the line while clothes, forinstance,' are being fastened thereto by the usual type of clothes pin,and thus prevent the soiling of the clothes from the, dirt or dust thatmay have accumulated on the said line.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a casing and aprotective tape, which may be held on a reel, for instance, within saidcasing, so that said tape may be drawn over the surface of the line andin this way protect the clothes from dust or dirt which is deposited onthe line while exposed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a protective device ofthe character above specified which may be attached and quickly detachedfrom the conventional type of bracket and line pulley, including areeling mechanism within the enclosed casing or housing whereby the lineprotective tape may be withdrawn and used as desired.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated, drawings depictinga preferred form have been annexed as a part of this disclosure and insuch drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding partsthroughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a view partly in section showing the application of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the casing showing the manner ofattachment to the pulley supporting bracket.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughoutall the views, 5 designates theconventional type of grooved pulley wheel with the usual spiders 6 androtatable on the shaft 7, which passes through a T-shaped bracket 8 andmay be suspended from a hook or other supporting member.

My invention proper consists of a housing or casing 9 through the sideof which is riveted a supporting bracket 10. The lower end of thesupporting bracket 10 is curved upwardly as at 11 and adapted to engagethe bottom 12 of the pulley wheel supporting bracket 8 above referredto. The upper end of the bracket 10 is slotted as at 13 to Serial No.$0,401.

receive a pin or stud 141 of a slotted arm 15. The said arm 15 is curveddownwardly and in the oppositerlirection to the lower end of the bracket10, said downwardlyextending portion 16 also engaging the top of thepulley supporting bracket, and held in adjusted position by the nut 1.7.It will thus be seen that in this manner the housing or casing 9 may beattached to the different sizes of'pulley supporting brackets for thepurpose presently to appear.

Passing through the casing, I have provided the shaft 18, having ahandle 19, said shaft supporting a reel 20 on which is wound a flatstrip of material, such as wide tape 21, said tape being adapted to bedrawn through a slot 22 and beneath a spring guide 23 on the body of thecasing proper. One end of the tape is of course fastened to the reel 20and the free end is placed over the pulley line 2 1 so that it may coversaid line and prevent the clothes from coming in contact with any dustor dirt that may be present on the surface of the clothes line.

It will thus be seen that as the housewife begins to fasten the clotheson the line, the tape may be withdrawn from the casing and thus coverthe line whereupon the clothes may be fastened and hung so that theywill not come in contact with the soiled line but rather with the cleantape. Reversely, when removing the clothes, the handle 19 may be rotatedso that the tape will be drawn back into the casing and subsequently theentire device may be detached from the pulley sup porting bracket, asshown. The shaft 18 eX- tends through an opening in the wall 25 whichcloses the housing or casing, thus the tape may be maintained free fromdirt and may at times be removed, laundered and then replaced on thereel 20.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A line protecting device of the class described comprising a casing,a supporting bracket connected to an end Wall of the casing, anadjustable extension for releasably attaching said bracket to a pulleyWheel supporting bracket, a shaft and strip of tape Wound on the shaftWithin the casing, said casing having an opening and a spring guide inits top whereby said tape may be Withdrawn and fastened to a line, andan operating handle formed on the shaft for Wind ing and unwinding saidtape.

'2. A line protecting device of the class described comprising a casing,a supporting bracket attached to one end of the casing,

'the upper and lower ends of said supporting bracket being bent inopposite directions whereby it may be detachably secured to a pulleyWheel supporting bracket, a locking member for frictionally retainingthe upper and lower members in adjusted relation, a shaft and a reelmounted on the shaft, a strip of: wide tape attached at one end to thereel, said casing having an opening in its body, a spring guideforwardly of said opening whereby said tape may .be Withdrawn andfastened to a line, and a handle fOTrnQd-O-ll-tl16'81'1dk0f the shaftand disposed exteriorly of said casing for Winding and unwinding saidtape independently of the clothes line pulley.

In testimony whereoi I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM DONNELLY. [L. s]

